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Re Thornborough. Eayre & Smith rehung the bells in all new fittings in a ca=
st-iron frame. Before that they hung with the NV fittings in a 4 bell frame=
adapted for 5. They were certainly shot-blasted to remove rust & muck, the=
n painted black with "Waxoyl"; they were not tuned; and as far as I remembe=
r they retain their flange heads. So the original weight - as I say quoted =
from their original legtters and invoice - can stand, unless anyone knows b=
etter. It is a good job.
Re Belmont - well, I would much like to see these, perhaps AB would contact=
me off this site. I must modestly decline MC's claim that I gave him those=
diameters as I don't have them, and have not corresponded with anyone abou=
t Belmont in my life until this.
As to tuning steel bells, I think the only ones seriously to have had this =
attempted were the ex-Bootle ring now at Hale. At Bootle, they were describ=
ed as 'notorious' but the recording I heard of the Hale bells was very fair=
.
DLC=20
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Mike Chester=20
To: bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com=20
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 6:49 PM
Subject: [Bell Historians] Belmont/Thornborough (again!)
One of those days, I'm afraid! Belmont tenor seem to have lost weight=20
between the 6th & 7th editions of Dove - I know not why.
Thornborough were exactly the same weight, if hung anticlockwise,=20
before being rehung as afterwards, (suggesting that they were not=20
weighed at the time of the rehang?)
Mike
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Re Thornborough. Eayre & Smith rehung =
the bells=20
in all new fittings in a cast-iron frame. Before that they hung with the NV=
=20
fittings in a 4 bell frame adapted for 5. They were certainly shot-blasted =
to=20
remove rust & muck, then painted black with "Waxoyl"; they were no=
t=20
tuned; and as far as I remember they retain their flange heads. So the orig=
inal=20
weight - as I say quoted from their original legtters and invoice - can sta=
nd,=20
unless anyone knows better. It is a good job.
Re Belmont - well, I would much like to se=
e these,=20
perhaps AB would contact me off this site. I must modestly decline MC'=
s=20
claim that I gave him those diameters as I don't have them, and have n=
ot=20
corresponded with anyone about Belmont in my life until this.
As to tuning steel bells, I think the only=
ones=20
seriously to have had this attempted were the ex-Bootle ring now at Hale. A=
t=20
Bootle, they were described as 'notorious' but the recording I heard of the=
Hale=20
bells was very fair.
DLC
----- Original Message -----
Fro=
m:=20
Mike Chester
To: bellhistorians@yahoogroups=
.com=20
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 6:4=
9=20
PM
Subject: [Bell Historians]=20
Belmont/Thornborough (again!)
One of those days, I'm afraid! Belmont tenor=
seem=20
to have lost weight
between the 6th & 7th editions of Dove - I kn=
ow=20
not why.
Thornborough were exactly the same weight, if hung=20
anticlockwise,
before being rehung as afterwards, (suggesting that th=
ey=20
were not
weighed at the time of the=20
rehang?)
Mike
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